Winter For Children

Carefully leveled text engages young listeners in learning about winter and its changes and adaptations. Age-appropriate critical thinking questions help build nonfiction learning skills.

The New Year celebrations in Chichester are going with a bang, but the city is about to be hit by floods and a terrible storm that wipes out communication with the outside world. Most of the creatures of Chichester are trapped indoors, but Doc and the other goldfish search the strange golden lake looking for answers. Can they help Jacob and his friends banish the blizzard before its too late?

Bald ist Weihnachten, aber von Schnee fehlt jede Spur. Hexe Luna und ihr freches Eichhörnchen Rosi machen sich Sorgen. "Weihnachten ohne Schnee? Niemals!" Zum Glück kennt das schlaue Hexenbuch die Antwort: Der Einzige, der helfen kann, ist der geheimnisvolle und gut versteckte HERR WINTER. Doch wo lebt dieser Herr Winter? Wird er helfen, dass es doch noch weiße Weihnachten gibt? Was hat Hexentante Funny damit zu tun? Ein magisches Abenteuer beginnt! Eine zauberhafte Geschichte, für Jung und Alt, zum Lachen und Rätseln.

I traveled across the globe from Vietnam to the United States and landed in Detroit, Michigan to reunite with my family. Coming from Saigon’s tropical weather, one of my wishes was to get to experience the magical beauty of a snow day for the first time, spent alongside my family. In the book, Goodbye Tropical Weather and Hello Winter, I share some of the great memories associated with this journey.

Welcome winter with The Very Hungry Caterpillar and his friends in this sensory exploration of the season. Discover the very best of this time of year: snowy days full of play, the sounds of birds chirping atop a snowman, the smell of cookies fresh from the oven, and so much more!

Aliens land looking for their new home and offering world peace in exchange. There are some who question their motives, but 17-year-old Raylinn Marrow refuses to hide. She jumps at the chance to make first contact. Jace’el is nothing like she expected. One touch is all it took to turn Raylinn’s world upside down. He captures her heart and draws her into a forbidden love affair. But the secrets and mysteries that surround Jace’el could be their undoing.

Bituin journeys alone to capture a naughty ornament who escaped from the North Pole. It will be up to Bituin to make the journey alone, with his snowglobe to guide his way, in hopes of turning Stuffy back into an ornament. Stuffy used his stardust magic, awakening more ornaments, and taught them to run and hide the Christmas gifts that were under the trees, hoping to obtain and keep his stardust magic on Christmas day.

Ein neues Minecraft-Hör-Abenteuer. Steve ist gerade auf dem Rückweg zu seiner Weizenfarm, als er ein lautes Rumms hört und statt seiner Farm nur noch einen rauchenden Trümmerhaufen vorfindet. Zu allem Übel ist auch noch das Diamantenschwert verschwunden, womit er das Dorf vor den Zombiehorden schützen wollte. Wer ist der Griefer, der das Dorf terrorisiert? Der Verdacht fällt auf Steve selbst und er muss alles daran setzen, den wahren Schuldigen zu finden.

Ein neues Minecraft-Abenteuer zum Hören. Steve erreicht ein Notruf von seinen Freunden Max, Lucy und Henry. Offenbar hat das Trio in einem entlegenen Wüstentempel einen gewaltigen Schatz entdeckt und sitzt nun fest. Steve zögert nicht lange und macht sich an der Seite seines Nachbarn und seiner Freundin Kyra sofort auf, den Eingeschlossenen zu Hilfe zu eilen, doch vor der wackeren Truppe liegt ein Weg voller tödlicher Gefahren.

The Great Death arrived with the man from downriver, the one who came with the light-colored strangers and had little red spots covering his body. Thirteen-year-old Millie and her younger sister, Maura, are fascinated by the guests, but soon sickness takes over their village. As they watch the people they know and love die, the sisters remain unaffected and begin to realize that they will have to find a new home.

Petruschka Piepenbrink wird am 13. Februar 1963 in Berlin geboren. Wegen ihrer wirren Haare erhält sie den slawischen Vornamen. Auf Russisch und Polnisch heißt "Petruschka" Petersilie, ihre smaragdgrünen Augen runden das Bild ab. Wirr wie die Haare entwickelt sich auch ihr Leben. Mit drei Jahren bekommt sie ein Kindermädchen aufgedrückt, das ihr beim Kämmen ständig die Haare ausreißt. Aber auch eine Fee tritt in ihr Leben. Seitdem erlebt sie unglaubliche Dinge, die sie sich in ihren kühnsten Träumen nicht hätte vorstellen können.

Fun-loving, mischievous Fox—the hilarious trickster character featured in Geisel Award-winning Fox the Tiger—goes up against a surprising foe! Fox does not like winter. None of his friends are around to play. He is bored and alone. Then Fox has an idea. If he cannot escape winter, he will fight it! Fox versus Winter is a My First I Can Read book, which means it’s perfect for shared listening with a child. Other Fox books include: Fox the Tiger, Fox Is Late, Fox and the Jumping Contest, and Fox and the Bike Ride.

Fall brings cooler weather and in autumn there are shorter days. The leaves change from green to orange, red, and purple, until they start falling to the ground.

It’s winter time and Noi’s island is covered in a blanket of snow. Even the sea is icing over. Noi is worried about the little whale he saved last summer: Can he survive the harsh conditions? Little does Noi know that it’s the little whale’s turn to save him. A magical and touching story about a lasting friendship.

Hast du noch alle Socken in der Schublade? Oder wolltest du auch schon immer wissen, wohin die einzelnen Socken verschwinden?

The trees are bare. Puddles have turned to ice. Birds puff up their feathers to stay warm. Hot cocoa hits the spot! Do you know what season is here? It’s winter! What else happens in winter? Listen to this audiobook to find out!

Through the exploits of Chicago's Big Dez Zombie Hunter, we see why zombie apocalypses have a season and why zombie hordes will never defeat humanity.

Shaun White, known as “The Flying Tomato" because of his bright red hair, received his first snowboarding sponsorship by age seven. This was just the first of a lifetime of athletic achievements. He has won a medal every year since 2002 at the Winter X games and won gold at the 2006, 2010, and 2018 Olympics. White has been dazzling audiences for years. Learn all about this snowboarding legend’s life from his childhood skateboarding days to his illustrious Olympic career, and the creation of his own brand of snowboarding gear.

In 2022, Nathan Chen dazzled the world when he won the gold medal in men's figure skating to Elton John's "Rocketman" at the Winter Olympics in Beijing, China. Though this was his first Olympic gold, Nathan was not new to big victories. He was already a six-time US national champion and had already won the World Figure Skating Championship three times! Nicknamed the "Quad King," Nathan is known for his thrilling quadruple jumps on the ice and is considered one of the greatest male figure skaters of all time.

Goldhamster Willi staunt nicht schlecht, als plötzlich ein Ufo im Planschbecken der Familie Winter landet! Aus dem Ufo steigt ein merkwürdiges lila Ding mit großen, haarigen Füßen. Der Außerirdische Möb hält Willi ganz schön auf Trab. Denn solange er seine Schwungscheibe nicht wiederfindet, um seinen Sternenschubser zu reparieren, geht er Willi mit seinen Essgewohnheiten und Albernheiten gehörig auf die Karotten. Und dann sind da auch noch die neugierige Nachbarin Frau Glotzmotzki und ihr verwöhnter Schoßhund Mopsi, die für einige Turbulenzen sorgen.